You should not halt your tick control, even if you are a snowbird.
Winters are cold here in the Northeast. However, they are not as cold as they used to be. This type of climate change has resulted in an explosion in tick populations in our area. Many of our residents, who are retired or are digital nomads, head to Florida or Arizona in the winter. If you go in search of a warmer climate for a few months each year, you will probably cancel cable and Internet services. You will have your mail forwarded to your sunny locale. You will hit pause on your newspaper deliveries. However…
Litchfield tick control is an essential winter non-activity.
The great thing about professional Litchfield tick control in the winter, is you needn’t lift a finger. You don’t even have to be at home. You see, unlike warm weather tick control, the winter variety is set in motion in the fall, and continues working through the cold season – and no one’s the wiser, especially not ticks.
Fly the coop from November through April, knowing that your property is protected. Ticks do not seek warmth by traveling to a more temperate locale. They simply bed down right at home – on you property. Beneath leaf litter and even beneath the snow, these ticks will patiently wait for springtime to take their next blood meal or to lay their fertilized eggs.
How does wintertime tick protection work?
Tick tubes are the answer to springtime tick emergence. Ticks live among grout mammals, like mice. By having professional tick tubes placed in potential tick hot spots around your property in the fall, those mice will do the work. Biodegradable tick tubes are filled with warm and cozy treated cotton, which mice love to carry back to their nests. In doing so, the tick treatment solution gets onto their skin and fur. Don’t fret – it will not harm these woodland critters. It is lethal for ticks, though. Not only will ticks potentially come in contact with the mice, but also their cozy lairs. Their winter hideaways become tick elimination dens. This process is essential in controlling the number of ticks that come up for warm air in the spring. This means that when you are arriving home in the spring, you will encounter fewer ticks around your home. In April, you can begin your regular barrier protection sprays again.
Year-round Litchfield tick control is essential even if you are not year-round residents. Ticks not only carry harmful human diseases, but they can make our pets sick too. Lyme disease can be spread to both humans and dogs, and other illnesses, like Babesiosis can cause our dog become severely anemic.